ly+dwm+slstatus

[mrneilypops]

If I log in with ly my slstatus script does not start. If I login with startx my slstatus script starts OK. I have tried setting a delay on slstatus-makes no difference. Any tips most welcome. I am using Arch linux.

[AnErrupTion]

@mrneilypops Does it work if you add your script in ~/.xinitrc anc launch your session using the xinitrc entry in Ly?

[mrneilypops]

No that does not work. Here is my ~/.xinitrc file;

`#!/bin/sh

[[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb -merge -I$HOME ~/.Xresources

start some nice programs

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f" done unset f fi

xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/local xset fp rehash xset -dpms & xset s off & urxvtd -q -o -f &

(conky | while read LINE; do xsetroot -name "$LINE"; done)

redshift &

mpd & nitrogen --restore &

thunar --daemon &

conky &

dwmblocks &

picom & slstatus &

exec dbus-launch ck-launch-session dwm

exec dwm ` These options work;

1. If I use startx on boot.
2. If I move to TTY1 and type startx.
3. If I start slstatus from the terminal.

Here is my slstatus config.h;

`/ See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. /

/ interval between updates (in ms) / const unsigned int interval = 1000;

/ text to show if no value can be retrieved / static const char unknown_str[] = "n/a";

/ maximum output string length /

define MAXLEN 2048

/*

• function description argument (example)
• battery_perc battery percentage battery name (BAT0)
• NULL on OpenBSD/FreeBSD
• battery_state battery charging state battery name (BAT0)
• NULL on OpenBSD/FreeBSD
• battery_remaining battery remaining HH:MM battery name (BAT0)
• NULL on OpenBSD/FreeBSD
• cpu_perc cpu usage in percent NULL
• cpu_freq cpu frequency in MHz NULL
• datetime date and time format string (%F %T)
• disk_free free disk space in GB mountpoint path (/)
• disk_perc disk usage in percent mountpoint path (/)
• disk_total total disk space in GB mountpoint path (/")
• disk_used used disk space in GB mountpoint path (/)
• entropy available entropy NULL
• gid GID of current user NULL
• hostname hostname NULL
• ipv4 IPv4 address interface name (eth0)
• ipv6 IPv6 address interface name (eth0)
• kernel_release uname -r NULL
• keyboard_indicators caps/num lock indicators format string (c?n?)
• see keyboard_indicators.c
• keymap layout (variant) of current NULL
• keymap
• load_avg load average NULL
• netspeed_rx receive network speed interface name (wlan0)
• netspeed_tx transfer network speed interface name (wlan0)
• num_files number of files in a directory path
• (/home/foo/Inbox/cur)
• ram_free free memory in GB NULL
• ram_perc memory usage in percent NULL
• ram_total total memory size in GB NULL
• ram_used used memory in GB NULL
• run_command custom shell command command (echo foo)
• separator string to echo NULL
• swap_free free swap in GB NULL
• swap_perc swap usage in percent NULL
• swap_total total swap size in GB NULL
• swap_used used swap in GB NULL
• temp temperature in degree celsius sensor file
• (/sys/class/thermal/...)
• NULL on OpenBSD
• thermal zone on FreeBSD
• (tz0, tz1, etc.)
• uid UID of current user NULL
• uptime system uptime NULL
• username username of current user NULL
• vol_perc OSS/ALSA volume in percent mixer file (/dev/mixer)
• NULL on OpenBSD
• wifi_perc WiFi signal in percent interface name (wlan0)
• wifi_essid WiFi ESSID interface name (wlan0) / static const struct arg args[] = { / function format argument */ { kernel_release, " %s ", NULL }, { run_command, " %s ", "./mpd.sh" }, { cpu_perc, "%2s%% ", NULL }, { load_avg, "%2s " , NULL }, { ram_perc, "%2s%% ", NULL }, { disk_perc, "%2s%% ", "/" }, { datetime, " %s ", "%H:%M" }, { run_command, " %s ", "./binclock.sh" }, }; `

All other commands in ~/.xinitrc load OK. It is just slstatus that does not load via ly but does load with startx. I only have the xinitrc option on the ly login screen. Thanks.

[mrneilypops]

I am making progress... My slstatus calls an mpd script but ly complains of an error on line 11. `#!/bin/sh #######

DWM

####### space=echo " " timeout=0.2

while true do

echo mpc | sed -n '1,1p' @ mpc volume | sed -e 's#volume: ##'

        echo `mpc --format \[%title%]\ | head -n 1`
   sleep $timeout
   done`

If I comment out this script then slstatus loads with ly login. However, I do not know what is wrong with the mpd script to stop slstatus loading...

[Cavernosa]

Check if your LANG and PATH are set correctly when logging in via ly it could be them.

[robounicorn678]

I'm also having this problem, where did you find the line to comment out that made it work again? I'm on gentoo.